Armored pneumatic tire.



J. E. LEE.

ARMORED PNEUMATIC TIRE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 10, 1912.

Patented Feb. 10, 1914 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

J. E. LEE.

ARMORED PNEUMATIC TIRE.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA PB.10, 19124 1,086,924, Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

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ARMORED PNEUMATIC TIRE.

1,086,924. Specification of Letters Patent Patented Feb. 1 1), rare.

Application filed April 10, 1912. Serial No. 689,709.

in a plurality, of layers 3, 5, and 7, and the individual plates or disks of the superposed layers are so'staggered' in relation to each other, that they overlap at their edges to effectually prevent puncture at any point of road traction. of the armored strip, is that the metal strips are at all times substantially parallel with the surface of the tire. Said armored strip also includes a plurality of layers of coarse, strong, loosely woven canvas 4, 6, and 8, which layers of canvas are disposed between the layers of rubber in which the plates or disks are embedded. These canvas layers prevent the disks from rubbing against each other, the rubber.

It will be, apparent that the invention is not limited to any particular kind of canvas (which termI use as comprehending any more or less loosely woven fabric of the layers of metal disks have been embedded in proper strength),nor to any particular shape rubber and separated by nothing except of disks, the essential features beingthat rubber, but in use, the disks granulate the the disks shall be so disposed that the disks rubber and rub against each other. In this in adjacent layers way they become displaced in relation to ping scales of a fish. each other and the armored layers are made Above the armored strip, a breaker strip puncturable. This difliculty I have over- 10, may be used, and above this strip, the come by my invention which consists in inrubber tread- 11, is placed and the tread and terposing a layer of loosely woven fabric other parts of the tire are secured together between each layer of disks so as to bind by vulcanization. F the whole together into a strong body and While I have described acanvas strip 8, prevent the disks from becoming displaced. between the breakerstrip and thestrip In the accompanying drawings, I have rubber including the outer layer of armored illustrated a tire embodying my invention plates, it willbe obvious that this layerofcanvas may be omitted, if desired,

In Figs. IV, and V, I have'shown an To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN .ELnwoon LEE, of Conshohocken, in the county of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Armored Pneumatic Tires, whereof the following is a' specification, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings.

Armored tires have been made having interposed between the tread and-the inner pneumatic tube, a layer of rubber with small metal disks, arranged in layers, each layer comprising contiguous rows of the disks and the adjacent layers arranged so as to effect an overlapping of the disks of one layer in relation to the disks of the adjacent layer. My invention relates to a tire of this type and has reference to an improvement by which the layers of disks are separated by layers of loosely woven fabric. As heretofore practised in-the art, the overlapping Figure I, is a perspective view of a seeseparate layers being successively cut away to illustrate the structure. Fig. II, is a sectional view of the same end, Fig. III, is a diagrammatic plan to illustrate the way in which the metal disksoverlap. Fig. IV, is a perspective view of a section of a modified form of the tire. Fig. V, is a transverse section of the same.

Referring more particularly to Figs. I,

inner tire 13, and the outer cover of tire 14. In this instance, the armored strip is covered at the top and bottom with a layer of heavy tire fabric 15, coated. with rubber so that. the layers of rubber and layers of canvas forming the strip, are united and held together and also protected against frictional wear between the parts. shield shown in Figs. IV, and V, may or may not be endless, but I prefer to make the same with overlapping ends where they come together in the tire.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A vehicle tireincluding an armored shield or strip having a plurality of layers of rubber with 1n, and a plurality oflayers of canvas sep standard construction built up of rubber and canvas. On top of the carcass a cushion 2, of rubber may be placed. Above this cushion, a layer of loosely woven fabric, such ascanvas, is laid, and upon the canvas is placed an armored strip which consists of a layer of rubber in which metal disks are arranged as clearly shown in the drawings,

overlap, like the overlap metal plates embedded there- 'One of the peculiarities and thus granulating armored strip 12, as positioned between the The arating said layers of rubber, said plates in said layers of rubber being so disposed that the plates in one layer overlap at their edges the plates in another layer.

2. A vehicle tire including an armored shield or strip having alternate layers of rubber With separated metal disks embedded therein and of canvas, each rubber layer being so arranged in relation to the adj aeent layer of the same character that its metal disk shall overlap the spaces between the disks of the other layer.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name at Conshohoeken, Pennsylvania, this fifth day of April, 1912.

JOHN ELLWOOD LEE.

Witnesses G. H. JONES, B. ML DRUMMOND. 

